Name: Darth Bane
ISBN: 9781299268418

Drew Karpyshyn

Path of Destruction : a Novel of the Old Republic

Darth Bane

Before the rise of Darth Vader and Darth Sidious, in an Old Republic marked by an ongoing struggle between the Sidi and Jedi, Darth Bane plots to bring down the Brotherhood of the Sith and to replace it with a more powerful order.

Callum Matthews 

My first venture into the SW book universe and I am not disappointed. 

The book portrays Darth Bane as a great anti-hero and actually makes you feel sorry for him early on which makes it surprisingly easy to connect with people who are often portrayed as the villains of this universe and some of the Sith are surprisingly likeable. 

This book has the perfect blend of lightsaber and force action in between slow and methodical tactical planning which keeps it fresh and gripping from the outset and throughout. It also goes against most versions of the Sith as simple villains who just want to kill everything and everyone by explaining their extensive archives and methodology to their being.

Excited to read the sequel and hope it is just as gripping as this book. 

5/5

Twenty years have passed since Darth Bane, reigning Dark Lord of the Sith, demolished the ancient order devoted to the dark side and reinvented it as a circle of two: one Master to wield the power and pass on the wisdom and one apprentice to learn, challenge and ultimately usurp the Dark Lord in a duel to the death.  But Bane's acolyte, Zannah, has yet to engage her Master in mortal combat and prove herself a worthy successor.  Determined that the sith dream of galactic domination will not die with him, Bane vows to learn the secret of a forgotten Dark Lord that will assure the Sith's immortality--and his own.

dynasty of evil : a novel of the Old Republic

Dimitris Papastergiou

I liked it.

Not as good as the first two books, but good.

This was a decent ending and a solid story for the trilogy. I really liked the whole build up since the last book and I was expecting what everyone was, the final fight between the master and the apprentice, and the ending was oh so well written and it does not disappoint at all. 

What I didn't like was the constant and repetitive thoughts of the main characters were having, all the time, filling out pages and pages with the same thoughts over and over, I get that they were both obsessed with the same thing pretty much, but I could do without the gazillionth time of Zanna thinking "should I do that now? If I do it now he'll think this or that, maybe if I don't then that" again and again throughout the book.

And sadly another thing I didn't like were the new characters that made their first appearance here, that were pretty much the supportive cast here that weren't at all interesting to me, or at least, they weren't for me because I was only focused on our main ones.

Other than that, a solid story that at the end it definitely makes you want more and makes you wanna read what happens next! 

Wish there was a continuation.. but sadly.. there's not.

As the last surviving Sith, Darth Bane promulgated a harsh new directive: the Rule of Two. Now he is ready to put his policy into action, and he thinks he has found the key element that will make his triumph complete: a student to train in the ways of th

Rule of Two : a Novel of the Old Republic

What a journey this one have been.

Great story, one that I can't really say much about without spoiling it, but if you read the first book of the series, you're going to love this one. 

I was already a Karpyshyn fan since KotOR days, and this one does not disappoint at all.

Bane and Zannah. Rule of Two and this one was a much darker than the previous one, and while I was trying to figure out what will happen, and was guessing again and again while reading without being able to put it down, it was always a surprise. 

There are some amazing moments in it, that you'll love, especially if you've followed characters since their very beginning, if you know some from comics before this novel, (chronologically) then it's going to be a much better experience.

There's a fight in this one that it's going to be memorable and that while you're reading it's so very well written that you can practically see the damn fight happening in front of you.

Loved every bit of it!

Highly recommended!

Darth Bane Path of Destruction : a Novel of the Old Republic

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